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Yup. That’d be me. I found myself deep in thought last week as I was walked back to the house from doing barn chores. I had just assessed our garden, barn, and chicken coop, and was struck with a rather profound thought, which went something along the lines of, “I really suck at this.” Ya’ll. If there […]

I was a bored, pregnant newlywed 40 miles from civilization with not enough money to drive to activities in town. That’s how it all started. Not the most epic beginning to this story, I know… Basically, the garden and kitchen projects gave me a way to pass the time without feeling like a total loser. […]

Before & Afters of a completely remodel, 100 year old house on the Wyoming prairie. Tons of rustic decor ideas!

Modern homesteading is a state of mind, you can homestead wherever you are. Use these ideas to become an Apartment Homesteader.

How We Homestead on One Income (Part Two) • The Prairie Homestead

Barren… That was the first word that crossed my mind when I set out to work on my new kitchen garden this year. It’s right under my laundry room window, and is the perfect spot, considering it gets plenty of southern sunlight and is right next to our new porch. However, the soil leaves a […]

“Eh… So… Are you still homeschooling?” I hear that question a lot. And I get it. I mean, doing school every single morning. With three kids (one being a wild toddler). While running a blog and our doTERRA business. And writing a real, published cookbook. And keeping up with a homestead, etc, etc, etc. It sounds […]

You can homestead no matter where you are. Here are some ideas to help you learn how to be a Semi-Rural homesteader.

“How on earth do you homestead with small children?” I get that question a LOT. Honestly, I’ve been thinking about how to answer it for a while now… I haven’t addressed it yet, because, well, I haven’t been exactly sure what to say. You see, I don’t really have a formula or schedule or routine […]

Learn how to create and maintain pasture land. Having a plan and using good resources while creating your pasture will help you get healthy results in your land.

I don’t know why homesteading makes me so impulsive… Whether we’re talking about my propensity to impulse-buy farm animals, or my tendency to fire up a canning project in the middle of a busy morning when I have no business standing there peeling peaches, I guess I just have to blame it on my […]

I had a rather stunning revelation the other day. I realized that I can’t do it all. For real. And to be honest, I don’t really like saying that out loud…. But it’s true. It was during a moment of stressful frustration the other day that a lightbulb came on. I mean, yeah, we all […]

Want to create a beautiful mini-wildlife sanctuary that is beautiful year-round? Maybe provide some valuable food for pollinators and save the bees? How about making…

Do you want to slow down and live a simpler life? Learn 9 ways you can become more self-sufficient and live like Laura Ingalls Wilder in "Little House on the Prairie."

A Prairie Homestead Museum in South Dakota which is an actual sod house in great condition explaining about the pioneer life of the early Homesteaders.

“Eh… So where does your money come from?” Hands down, this is the question I get the most often… And if people aren’t asking it, I can tell they are thinking it. 😉 First off, let’s clarify a few things: Like I mentioned in my homestead myth-busting post, becoming a modern homesteader doesn’t necessarily mean […]

Mid-Life Homesteaders - starting your homestead journey in your 40s or later. Is homesteading just for the young?

I’m about to say something very controversial. Sacrilegious, even. Well, at least in homestead circles. Like always, a part of me is stoked for spring. STOKED, I tell you. The seedlings are growing in the basement, and I walk through the dormant garden about once every 3 days dreaming and planning. But a part of […]

“Anyone who thinks gardening begins in the spring and ends in the fall is missing the best part of the whole year; for gardening begins in January with the dream.” –Josephine Nuese As I type this, we are in the midst of a good old-fashioned Wyoming ground blizzard, complete with road closures, snow sand-blasting your […]